Sunday night treat: cupcakes

Coconut rum cupcakes, that's all you really need to know.

I recently reacquired a cupcake "pan" that makes star cupcakes and a friend sent me a link to what looks like the best cupcakes I've ever seen. Perfect time for us (and by us I mean Kelley) to make some tasty cupcakes. They turned out perfect. More like yellow cake with hint of rum than a full on rum cake, but that's what made them so good. I say they would be perfect for Christmas morning.

Here's the link to the cupcakes:
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2YACg2/mingmakescupcakes.yolasite.com/

Midnight cookie craving

So Kelley and I were hanging out late last night with some friends when we all decided it was the perfect time for cookies. Unfortunately our friends house was not stocked with cookie supplies so we came back to our place for some baking.
The cookies were amazing! Chewy and chocolaty and right in every way. Needless to say, we devoured them.

Kelley's Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe

2 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup softened butter
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg
12 oz chocolate chips

Combine flour, baking soda, salt. Combine butter, shortening, sugars and vanillas. Beat in egg. Gradually add flour mixture. Bake 375 degrees 8-10 min

enjoy!

Yummy but not sexy

So Kelley made the tastiest, most satisfying sandwich I've had in a while. She cut up and browned two sausages and sauteed them with tomatoes, onions, and peppers and put it all on a toasted baguette. Perfection
Although delicious, it was a tad massive and kinda messy; trying to look sexy while eating this would be impossible. Sadly, we concluded this is not a date food. This was only reinforced when a sausage bit may have rolled into my lap. oops

We've been craving quesadillas for a long time and finally bought the flour tortillas so the magic could happen.

We put a layer of refried beans and some quesillo between the tortillas. Quesillo is a cheese that I know because in El Salvador we use it to make pupusas (tortillas with cheese inside). The package label says its mexican, and I respectfully disagree. Anyways its a mildish cheese thats great with beans. Then we just made a pico de gallo (chopped up tomatoes, onions, and added salt, pepper, lime juice, and cilantro). If you haven't noticed already I'm a big fan of pico de gallo and salsa in general.
And here's the finished product, easy and quick and totally yummy!

Cobbler Pie

Who really needs to be productive on a Thursday night? A relaxing pie and movie night is a much better idea. So Kelley and I went over to Andrea's house to make some pie.
She had some cherries that she wanted to make into pie, however our supply of pie making ingredients were very minimal. We did have frozen pie crust (thats was surprisingly flaky and yummy) but no dough for a top. There wasn't even any flour so we ended up making a crumble out of butter, a package of instant apple cinnamon oatmeal and some sugar (my measurements are a little vague because I usually just dump and mix things together until I feel they're right). Then we cooked the cherries with some more sugar on the stove and thickened them up with some more oatmeal. In the end after combining it all together and baking for 20 min, we had a delicious pie/cobbler hybrid that totally hit the spot.

Mexian done right

This is a more traditional take on Mexican and I totally see this taco salad becoming a go to meal. All we did is brown up some meet, make a simple corn/tomato salsa and toasted up some tortillas (we always have corn tortillas in the fridge). Simple and delicious although maybe not as innovative as the last experiment.

Mexican and Indian don't mix

So for most people the fact that mexican and indian food don't mix would seem pretty obvious. Unfortunately for Kelley I am not one of those people.
So I saw this recipe for "tandoori" chicken and it had a coleslaw-ish thing that was basically pico de gallo but apples instead of cilantro. I've never had apples and tomatoes but I didn't plan on trying it. My brilliant idea was just to make pico de gallo instead. Sadly, my indian chicken and salsa wasn't the best combo.